Caspian Conference: TANAP Key to Delivering Energy Security to Europe

While recent years have seen the UK government pursue energy policies connected to new nuclear power generation, an expansion of the role played by renewables and other technological developments such as carbon capture and storage for coal-fired power plants, Hendry pointed out that "there was not a single scenario which was credible which did not involve a very long-term role for gas".

"It was Winston Churchill who said more than a hundred years ago that 'security in energy comes from diversity and diversity alone', and the infrastructure which is being put in place in this region and towards Europe is an integral part of achieving that," he added.

"What we're seeing now, with Shah Deniz 2 and with TANAP and TAP, is one of the greatest engineering projects of the 21st Century.

"Even though the gas molecules may never physically reach the United Kingdom from Azerbaijan, we recognize that those pipes will enhance the energy security of the whole of Europe and therefore we are entirely supportive of its construction and wish it to move ahead with all possible speed."


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